diff --git a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/conf/fluentd_telemetry_plugin.cfg b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/conf/fluentd_telemetry_plugin.cfg
index 9c64cde0..1faf9f96 100644
--- a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/conf/fluentd_telemetry_plugin.cfg
+++ b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/conf/fluentd_telemetry_plugin.cfg
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ c_fluent_streamer = True
 bulk_streaming = True
 compressed_streaming = False
 stream_only_new_samples = True
-enable_cached_stream_on_telemetry_fail = False
+enable_cached_stream_on_telemetry_fail = True
 enabled = False
 
 [logs-config]